I went to the Sprint website to browse for a smartphone for holiday gifting. The options are a bit limited with this carrier for a good all around phone and the two best ones that I saw are coincidentally made by the same company, HTC. Check out this link for full list of Sprint’s smartphones.
Ever wonder just how much it costs to manufacture that expensive smartphone?? Well, I did…and after a bit of snooping I was quite surprised at the results. According to a virtual teardown by iSuppli Corp., the T-Mobile G1 carries a Bill-of-Materials (BOM) cost of $143.89.
If you liked the HTC Touch Diamond, you’ll really like the HTC Touch Pro. Sprint launched this bad boy out last week on Oct. 19th. The HTC Touch Pro is almost identical to the HTC Touch Diamond, the only difference is that, the Pro comes with a full slide out QWERTY keyboard. The name pretty much says it all, It’s an HTC touch series phone for a more professionallevel. The Touch Pro has all the features as the Touch Diamond, but with a few unique ones of its own.
The holidays are just around the corner and I’m curious to know which mobile phones will be in high demand this season. I’ve compiled a list of the top 5 handsets I think will be popular on this year’s wish lists. Let’s see if your fave made my list.
I own an HTC Touch, and lately it has been acting up a a bit. It’ll freeze out of nowhere, battery life doesn’t seem to last as much, and it’s slower than usual. So I took it to a local Sprint Store, where they suggested that I should upgrade the software to the latest Windows Mobile 6.1.
After a delay from Oct. 19th original launch date, Sprint is launching the HTC Touch Pro next week, October 26th to be exact. ”Customers can expect the device to become available in select national retailers by the end of the month and then in all Sprint sales channels including online at www.sprint.com and Sprint Stores by early November” -Sprint told Crave, earlier this month. So there you have it guys. The Touch Pro will be available in select national retailers on October 26th, and then nationwide on November 2nd.
Mike Dano- RCR Wireless Oct 23, 2008
BOSTON — A day after the release of the first cellphone powered by Google Inc.’s Android software, the founder of the startup that initially developed the software took the Mobile Internet World keynote stage to explain the reasons behind the search giant’s much-hyped effort.
“It’s been quite a busy week for us,” said Rich Miner, general manager of Google’s Mobile Platforms business and the founder of Android, the startup that Google acquired three years ago to form the base of its cellphone-software strategy.
Would you be willing to pay 600 bucks for this device? If someone out there is reading this and sitting in Canada, drop me a line and let me know your thoughts. Image from BGR.
Leaked info from Verizon, shows that the new Blackberry Storm and HTC Diamond are to be released just in time for the holidays! With Blackberry Storm releasing in mid November and HTC Diamond releasing in mid- December, lots of Christmas wish lists will be including these top of the line, edge cutting phone devices.
Introducing the WiMAX-enabled HTC Touch, the T8290. It’s looking like this thing is loaded with a huge 3.8? 480 x 800 WVGA display, WiMAX + GSM, 802.11g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and video calling capabilities. Yep that’s what I said video calling capabilities.
It would be nice to see this device launch in the US but that remains to be seen….
Source: BGR
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